Haleakalā National Park, Maui: How to Visit and What to Do Nearby

Haleakalā National Park covers 13,400 hectares on the eastern half of Maui, extending from the 3,055-meter summit of the Haleakalā volcano down through cloud forest to the coast at Kīpahulu. The Sliding Sands Trail descends 760 meters from the summit into the crater over 6 kilometers of loose cinder, passing multicolored cinder cones. The Kīpahulu section, accessible via the Hana Highway rather than the summit road, contains the Pīpīwai Trail, a 3-kilometer walk through a bamboo forest to 122-meter Waimoku Falls. The park protects several species found nowhere else on Earth. is just one of many options in Maui. Major attractions worth considering include Haleakalā Crater, Kaihalulu Beach (Red Sand Beach), and Molokini Crater.